Inventi Impact - Nursing Research
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Nursing Research’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. The journal welcomes articles in all the nursing specialties including such areas as patient education, discharge planning, nursing diagnosis, nursing influence on length of hospital stay and nurse/physician collaboration.
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KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING THE USE OF HOME REMEDIES IN DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG DIABETIC ADULTS
Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem, a chronic disease and is now growing as an epidemic in both developed and developing countries. There are lots of home remedies which are available but due to insufficient knowledge people use only some of them for example aloe vera, bitter gourd, gooseberry, onion juice and garlic etc. An exploratory study was carried out in villages of Ludhiana that ...
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EXAMINING END-OF-LIFE CASE MANAGEMENT: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Case management was initiated in the 1970s to reduce care discontinuity. A literature review focused on end-of-life (EOL) case management identified 17 research articles, with content analysis revealing two themes: (a) seeking to determine or establish the value ofEOL case management and (b) identifying ways to improve EOL case management.Theevidence, although limited, suggests that EOL case manag...
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APPLICATION OF NURSING PROCESS AND ITS AFFECTING FACTORS AMONG NURSES WORKING IN MEKELLE ZONE HOSPITALS, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA
Background. Nursing process is considered as appropriate method to explain the nursing essence, its scientific bases, technologies and humanist assumptions that encourage critical thinking and creativity, and permits solving problems in professional practice. Objective. To assess the application of nursing process and it’s affecting factors in Mekelle Zone Hospitals. Methods.Across sectional des...
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THE FACIAL AFFECTIVE SCALE AS A PREDICTOR FOR PAIN UNPLEASANTNESS WHEN CHILDREN UNDERGO IMMUNIZATIONS
Needle fear is a common problem in children undergoing immunization. To ensure that the individual child’s needs are met during a painful procedure itwould be beneficial to be able to predictwhether there is a need for extra support.Theself-reporting instrument facial affective scale (FAS) could have potential for this purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the FAS can predict pa...
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HOW DO OLDER PERSONS UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE AND RELEVANCE OF PREVENTIVE HOME VISITS? A STUDY OF EXPERIENCES AFTER A FIRST VISIT
The aim of this study was to explore and describe older persons’ experiences of their first Preventive Home Visit. Preventive Home Visits (PHV) are health services that aim to promote older persons’ health, prevent functional decline, and reduce the need for comprehensive healthcare. The knowledge base to guide the design of effective PHV interventions is scarce. Studies that explore older per...
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PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE SELF-MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE BY REDESIGNING CARE COORDINATION
Objectives. We tested both an educational and a care coordination element of health care to examine if better disease-specific knowledge leads to successful self-management of heart failure (HF). Background. The high utilization of health care resources and poor patient outcomes associated with HF justify tests of change to improve self-management ofHF. Methods.This prospective study tested two co...
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